CRUCIFIED TO THE WORLD

But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world – Galatians 6:14

When we came to faith, our old self was crucified and buried with Christ, and we were then raised from the dead a New Creation. When we were crucified with Christ, we were crucified to the world and its desires. As Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, we’re no longer of this world.

We’re dead to this world and this world is dead to us. We’re useless to this world and this world is useless to us. We want nothing to do with this world and this world certainly wants nothing to do with us because it hates us so much. Through the Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, we’ve been freed of this world.

And now that we’ve been raised up together with Him, we’re empowered by the Spirit to seek only those things which are above and not earthly things. By the Spirit, we deaden the misdeeds of the body. We deny ourselves the corruption of this world, take up our cross daily and follow the Lord Jesus Christ.

CONFESSION

Through the Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, I’ve been crucified to the world and the world has been crucified to me. I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me.